The final section called on the island’s health minister to bring in changes to the law to allow the plans to come into force by 28 February 2019.

Currently Sativex, a brand of the drug Nabiximols, is the only cannabis-derived medicine prescribed in Jersey.

But Deputy Tadier said the process patients had to go through to be considered for the drug was “a long and arduous one”.

Following the debate he said: “We seem to have a states assembly that’s relatively open minded… it’s a positive step for the island and it means we’re leading the way in the British Isles on this subject.”

The plans were opposed by the island’s Minister for Health and Social Services, Deputy Richard Renouf, who wanted to take “a cautious, step by step approach” to the use of medical cannabis.

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